RNZFB inSight | 25.7.07

Husk and Black recently produced a slightly revamped 'inSight' newsletter for the Royal NZ Foundation of the Blind. The document highlights 2007 Blind Week (23-29 Oct), Mary Schnackenburg (the first blind NZer to earn an MBA), welcomes Sandra Budd the new CEO, updates readers on a new guide dog breeding centre and is topped with other encouraging articles about the Foundation's work. Cool stuff. More >>

WSPA's Indian Dancing Bears | 10.7.07

Taken grieving from their mothers as a tiny cubs, hundreds of India's 'dancing bears' are in constant pain. With ropes threaded through their sensitive noses, they are tortured by swaying on their hind legs in response to severe yanks on the rope and being hit by sticks. When not performing at fairs, carnivals and markets across India, they're chained to poles, poorly fed and vulnerable to disease and blindness. WSPA are working with the Wildlife Trust of India, to end the torment of the dancing bears and change the lives of rescued bears. As agonising as it was, the Huskies worked with Black to prepare print collateral explaining the plight of these bears in order to seek help and thus funds that would help save their lives.More >>

Handbook for Yer Head | 3.7.07

One of the bigger projects we've tied up lately is the total revamp of the Attitude 'Handbook for Your Head' booklet published by Parents Inc. Attitude creatively teaches life skills that will assist teenagers to make life-enhancing choices. The inspirational programmes encompass all aspects of total wellbeing and are a preventative strategy to youth suicide, teen pregnancy and the spread of sexually transmitted infections. The project was a refreshing challenge to the Huskies, getting us 'down wid all the mean, sic, grunge, street-wise yoof attitude' our studio could possibly cram into a 36pp book. More >>